Brian Dobson, Heather Humphreys, Jan O’Sullivan and others on growing up in a Catholic dominated State
The former minister for education Jan O’Sullivan, who is Church of Ireland, recalled a similar experience. “I felt very different growing up as a Protestant; I lived in a small village,
When he graduated from UCC, he was the only one who did not attend a graduation Mass. “My local rector was brought in to say prayers with me and my parents in a room in the East Wing.” “Young people, for the most part, and young adults like my own sons listen in disbelief to the ‘Catholic and Protestant’ world of my childhood.”, Co Dublin, in a large Protestant community. Along with attending the local Church of Ireland church and school, he was also part of a panoply of organisations with a Protestant ethos, the Boys’ Brigade and the YMCA being among them.
“Because it was a formative influence, I think it remains very important. It’s part of my identity and explains who I am and from where I came.”
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